BIB_ID
292809
Accession number
MA 139.17
Creator
Bright, John, 1811-1889.
Display Date
1877 Aug. 9.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 17.6 cm
Notes
Part of a large collection of letters to Cyrus Field and documents related to the first transatlantic telegraph cable. Items in the collection are described in separate records; see MA 139 for more information.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the New York Co-operative Society, 1909.
Summary
Saying he is sorry to be out of town when Field is there; inviting Field to visit Rochdale en route to Liverpool; discussing their "invalid daughters"; sending Field a message for a Mr. Bigelow.
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